Favorite Yes Album

Trollheart · 07-31-2022, 11:55 AM

Where the **** is Big Generator, eh? EH?

Queen Boo · 07-31-2022, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Made in 1968

It is a great album but if you compare to the likes of King Crimson first LP of the same year its quite behind the door.

Yeah but few bands have a debut as kickass as that first King Crimson album.

I used to think the first Yes album was pretty forgettable but it's grown on me a lot over the years, nowadays I'd rank it above Time and a Word which is good but the use of orchestration feels clumsy and forced, Magnification was a much better execution of the same idea.

Made in 1968 · 07-31-2022, 12:11 PM

The first Yes Album was just so behind. The Nice 'Ars Longa Vita Brevis' was another one from earlir in 1968 that was well in front being probably the first Prog album, seen as Prog was a British invention

Trollheart · 07-31-2022, 12:37 PM

Not even close. Check my History of Prog thread. 1968? Well well before that.

Queen Boo · 07-31-2022, 12:50 PM

In my opinion Days of Future Passed is the first progressive rock album but I think most people can agree that it was In the Court of the Crimson King that truly kickstarted prog as as a movement.

rubber soul · 07-31-2022, 01:05 PM

Is Days of Future Passed really a progressive rock album though? If, so, you have to consider Sgt. Pepper as a progressive album and maybe even Zappa's Freak Out before that.

Probably agree that Crimson jump started the genre though, though you could also argue the Nice and the Soft Machine.

The Batlord · 07-31-2022, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo

I have no idea why I left the first album off of this poll, what was I thinking? It's a really solid debut, underrated.

I dunno if I should vote in this poll again because that would be cheating but Close to the Edge is still my favorite album of all time so yeah that one.

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Trollheart · 07-31-2022, 02:08 PM

'67 seems to be where it's at. Freak Out, Piper, Days of Future Passed, Sgt Peppers all contenders, but for my money the winner is Procol Harum. The first album I heard from this year that I could call a real proper prog album.

Made in 1968 · 07-31-2022, 02:33 PM

No not real proper prog what ever that means LOL.

All the above you mentioned aren not Prog albums. LOL. Just because say Sgt peppers was full of experimentation does not make it progressive, you are just assuming it fits the bill However they are more related to Psychedia than anything, Only the years from then to near the back end of the 60's thru Proto prog bands into Crossover prog did major labels create offshoots such as EMI Harvest & Swirl Vertigo. Styles in music are very short before they morph into other things as were the longevity of Swirl Vertigo & RCA Neon.

The Pink Floyd & Soft Machine were doing things in 1967 that were not disimular to What Tangerine Dream were doing at the Zodiac club (TD were not a synth band originally) , Berlin around the same time, No way on earth is it Progressive Rock.

Queen Boo · 07-31-2022, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

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I've long been an avid defender of that album so while I disagree with this take I respect your chutzpah.

View Poll Results: What's your favorite album from my favorite band?
Time & A World	0	0%
The Yes Album	6	4.44%
Fragile	32	23.70%
Close to the Edge	56	41.48%
Yessongs	4	2.96%
Tales From Topographic Oceans	8	5.93%
Relayer	4	2.96%
Going For the One	4	2.96%
Drama	4	2.96%
90125	6	4.44%
Magnification	2	1.48%
Other (what's wrong with you?)	9	6.67%
Voters: 135. You may not vote on this poll

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07-31-2022, 12:37 PM	#244 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Not even close. Check my History of Prog thread. 1968? Well well before that. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-31-2022, 02:08 PM	#248 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	'67 seems to be where it's at. Freak Out, Piper, Days of Future Passed, Sgt Peppers all contenders, but for my money the winner is Procol Harum. The first album I heard from this year that I could call a real proper prog album. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-31-2022, 02:33 PM	#249 (permalink)
Made in 1968 Groupie Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 23	No not real proper prog what ever that means LOL. All the above you mentioned aren not Prog albums. LOL. Just because say Sgt peppers was full of experimentation does not make it progressive, you are just assuming it fits the bill However they are more related to Psychedia than anything, Only the years from then to near the back end of the 60's thru Proto prog bands into Crossover prog did major labels create offshoots such as EMI Harvest & Swirl Vertigo. Styles in music are very short before they morph into other things as were the longevity of Swirl Vertigo & RCA Neon. The Pink Floyd & Soft Machine were doing things in 1967 that were not disimular to What Tangerine Dream were doing at the Zodiac club (TD were not a synth band originally) , Berlin around the same time, No way on earth is it Progressive Rock. Last edited by Made in 1968; 07-31-2022 at 02:50 PM.

07-31-2022, 12:11 PM	#243 (permalink)
Made in 1968 Groupie Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 23	The first Yes Album was just so behind. The Nice 'Ars Longa Vita Brevis' was another one from earlir in 1968 that was well in front being probably the first Prog album, seen as Prog was a British invention